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Thr cisterns on the mesa which hold the rain and melted 

 snow are mentioned. The population is given as two 

 hundred men. 



Tiguex. The province of Tiguex, on the Rio Grande 

 near Bernalillo, had twelve villages scattered along the 

 valley on either side of the river. None of these 

 villages is now inhabited. Below along the river was 

 the province of Tutahaco with eight villages probably 

 in the neighborhood of Isleta which may occupy the 

 site of one of them. Still further down the Rio Grande 

 were three villages which may have been situated as 

 far south as San Marcial w^here there are ruins. 



Salinas. East of the river wxre at least three 

 villages not mentioned by any of Coronado's followers 

 but included later in the district of Salinas, named from 

 the salt lakes in the neighborhood. These villages of 

 Abo, Quara, and Tabira, generally known as Gran 

 Quivira, were hard pressed by the Apache and appear 

 to have been deserted before 1680. In that year, 

 when Governor Otermin passed down the Rio Grande 

 the inhabitants of the villages on the lower Rio Grande, 

 Socorro, Sevilleta, and Alamillo, collective!}^ known as 

 the Piro, now few in number from the raids of the 

 Apache, joined him and were established near El Paso 

 where a few of their descendants are still living at 

 Isleta del Sur. 



Quirix. Just north of Tiguex was the province of 

 Quirix with seven villages probably those now repre- 

 sented by Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Sia, 

 and Cochiti, the location of many of which was changed 

 during the rebellion. 



